
Douglas Adams
Biography
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame
Acting (12 movies)

Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
2002

Hyperland
1990

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981

Rockstar
2000

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005

Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994

30 Years in the TARDIS
1993

Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025

A Matter of Time
2007

Parrot Fashion
2007

Paris in the Springtime
2005

The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
1993
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Out of the Trees | 1976 | Writer |
| Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet | 1978 | Writer |
| Doctor Who: City of Death | 1979 | Writer |
| The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy | 1981 | Writer |
| Hyperland | 1990 | Writer |
| Doctor Who: Shada | 1992 | Writer |
| Doctor Who: Shada | 2003 | Writer |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 2005 | Screenplay |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| Doctor Who and the Shada Man | 2013 | Writer |
| Doctor Who: Shada | 2017 | Writer |